[Shotwell] Shotwell 0.11: Call for Testing

Ian Molton ian at mnementh.co.uk
Sat Aug 27 14:17:24 UTC 2011


On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 14:25 +0200, Jobst Hoffmann wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 18.08.2011, 13:37 -0700 schrieb Lucas Beeler:
> > Hi Shotwell Fans,
> Hi Shotwell Developers,

Hi!

>   +-------------+      +-----------------+   +---------------------+
>   | Cancel      |      | Copy photos     |   | Import in place     |
>   +-------------+      +-----------------+   +---------------------+

This reminds me of an important point I've been meaning to bring up...

Users expect the button in the bottom right of a window to be the 'safe'
choice.

In t his case, either "cancel" or "copy photos" would be acceptable
because users understand both those concepts.

Most users dont have a clue what "import in place" means (My mum uses
shotwell, and is the canonial example of the clueless user). 

This "Import in place" is a very VERY dangerous choice for that
position, since ti will LOOK like it worked - right up until she deletes
the originals...

-Ian




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